Christopher Harold Karl Wirth

The member was previously found to have committed professional misconduct involving time theft and practice issues.

At the penalty hearing, the College sought a 12-month suspension and a mandatory nursing course, while the member argued for a lesser penalty.

The Discipline Committee ordered a 4-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and terms including an 18-month employer notification and meetings with a regulatory expert.

The Committee found the College's proposed penalty excessive, noting the member did not falsify documents or cause direct patient harm, and had no prior performance issues.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse admitted to kissing or mimicking a kiss on the lips of a vulnerable patient with severe dementia.

The Discipline Committee found that this conduct breached the standards of practice regarding therapeutic nurse-client boundaries and constituted unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a one-month suspension, and conditions on the nurse's certificate of registration including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, admitted to professional misconduct for stealing two $75 restaurant gift cards from a patient's room while the patient was away.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice, misappropriating property, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a Joint Submission on Order, imposing a reprimand, a 3-month suspension, and conditions including meetings with a Regulatory Expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for submitting false claims under her employer's group benefit plan.

The nurse admitted to participating in a scheme to submit fraudulent claims for support stockings, resulting in the misappropriation of $7,982.50.

While she admitted to contravening practice standards, misappropriating property, and engaging in dishonourable conduct, she disputed that the falsified records related to her practice or were signed in her professional capacity.

The Discipline Committee found that her actions were sufficiently connected to her employment as a nurse and her access to the benefit plan, concluding she committed professional misconduct on all five allegations.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct after a patient in the emergency department committed suicide.

The Member failed to conduct required periodic assessments of the patient and subsequently falsified the patient's health record to indicate that checks had been performed when they had not.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct, including contravening standards of practice, failing to keep records, falsifying records, and engaging in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and conditions on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against a registered nurse for failing to maintain therapeutic boundaries and engaging in a romantic and sexual relationship with a vulnerable psychiatric patient.

The member admitted to the allegations, including emotional abuse and disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, noting the member had already signed an undertaking to permanently resign and never practice nursing again.

The Member, while registered as a non-practising Registered Practical Nurse and employed as a Personal Support Worker, engaged in a sexual relationship with an 80-year-old patient with dementia.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by sexually abusing the patient and failing to maintain professional boundaries.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration, as mandated by the Health Professions Procedural Code.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct, alleging verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of vulnerable patients at a long-term care facility, as well as inappropriate comments about a colleague.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by contravening standards of practice, abusing patients, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a Joint Submission on Order, the Committee ordered an oral reprimand, a 5-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for placing a colleague in a chokehold and for numerous medication administration and documentation errors.

The Member admitted to the allegations, which included failing to document medication wastage, administering narcotics without a witness signature, and failing to document patient assessments.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order, finding the Member committed professional misconduct.

The Member was reprimanded, suspended for four months, and subjected to terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for professional misconduct involving the physical and emotional abuse of two vulnerable patients in a long-term care facility.

The Member did not attend the hearing but had previously signed an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by removing a patient's call bell and handling another patient roughly after a fall.

The Committee accepted the joint submission, ordering an oral reprimand based on the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College.

The College of Nurses of Ontario requested an adjournment sine die of the allegations contained in the first of three Notices of Hearing against the member.

The College submitted that proceeding with the first Notice of Hearing was not in the public interest given the resources required and because the second Notice of Hearing carried a statutory requirement for revocation, which would adequately protect the public.

The Discipline Committee agreed and granted the adjournment sine die.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered practical nurse who was found guilty of possessing child pornography and breaching an undertaking not to access the internet.

The member also failed to report these criminal charges and findings of guilt to the College.

The Discipline Committee found that the member committed professional misconduct, noting that the conduct was disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional.

The Committee ordered that the member be reprimanded and that his certificate of registration be immediately revoked.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought allegations of professional misconduct against the Member, a registered nurse, relating to numerous medication errors, improper delegation of a controlled act, failure to assess a patient after a fall, and falsification of records.

The hearing proceeded by way of an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Order.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed the alleged acts of professional misconduct.

In light of the Member's undertaking to permanently resign from the College and never reapply, the Committee accepted the joint submission and ordered that the Member be given an oral reprimand.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a Registered Practical Nurse for multiple allegations of patient abuse at a long-term care facility.

The Member was alleged to have forced food, fluids, and medications on vulnerable patients without their consent, and to have yelled at and forcefully shaken them.

The Discipline Committee proceeded in the Member's absence and found that she committed professional misconduct by breaching standards of practice, abusing patients, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered a 9-month suspension, an oral reprimand, and imposed terms, conditions, and limitations on her certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to abide by a written undertaking with the College of Nurses of Ontario.

The Member admitted to accepting employment with multiple employers, including staffing agencies, without disclosing his practice restrictions or arranging for required workplace monitoring.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in dishonourable and unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration, including meetings with a regulatory expert and employer notification requirements.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct.

The nurse, acting as a clinical supervisor for personal support worker students, examined a vulnerable elderly patient without consent, accessed her chart without authorization, and breached professional boundaries by allowing a kiss to occur.

The nurse admitted to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee found the nurse committed professional misconduct that was dishonourable and unprofessional.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, noting the nurse had permanently resigned his membership and undertaken never to practice nursing in Ontario again.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings against a registered nurse for multiple incidents of professional misconduct.

The Member admitted to telling an inappropriate story involving a racial slur in front of patients, attempting an improper one-person transfer of a patient requiring a two-person transfer, failing to document a patient fall, and administering medication without authorization.

The Discipline Committee accepted the Member's admissions and found that he committed professional misconduct, including verbal and emotional abuse of a client.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension, and various terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a Registered Practical Nurse, faced disciplinary proceedings for improperly restraining an elderly, visually impaired patient with dementia using a bedsheet, and failing to document or monitor the restraint.

The Member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct, including failing to obtain consent, failing to consider alternatives, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering an oral reprimand, a two-month suspension, and terms, conditions, and limitations on the Member's certificate of registration.

The College of Nurses of Ontario brought discipline proceedings against a registered nurse for professional misconduct while employed at two group homes.

The Member failed to keep adequate records, failed to ensure a vulnerable patient received adequate meals and medications, and failed to provide sanitary living conditions.

The Member did not attend the hearing.

The Discipline Committee found that the Member committed professional misconduct by breaching standards of practice, abusing the patient physically and emotionally, and engaging in disgraceful, dishonourable, and unprofessional conduct.

The Committee ordered an oral reprimand and the immediate revocation of the Member's certificate of registration.

The Member, a registered nurse, faced allegations of professional misconduct for failing to participate in and complete practice assessment requirements directed by the Quality Assurance Committee in 2013, 2014, and 2016.

The Member admitted to the allegations via an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the Member committed professional misconduct and engaged in unprofessional conduct.

Accepting a joint submission on penalty, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a two-month suspension (delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), meetings with a regulatory expert, and mandatory participation in the next Quality Assurance program cycle.